Exactly! We in the West have a profound tendency to anthropomorphize animals of every flavor. Hunting deer is one thing, but hunting “Bambi” quite another. Lions are hunted all the time in Africa, but call one “Cecil” or the “national pet” (even if it’s a pet that most Zimbabweans have never heard of), it becomes a tragedy.
Maasai warriors kill lions all the time in defense of their cattle, with little to no outcry from the West. However, let a rancher in Montana kill a [reintroduced] wolf or grizzly that’s preying on his cattle, it’s a felony and the outcry is deafening...
Lion lives matter
Who mourns for all the zebras that Cecil killed?
We also worry about the way animals are killed so they don’t suffer which is good but we also don’t take into account certain facts in other parts of the world.
You mentioned Maasai warriors who I’ve read will run an animal to death over several days while inflicting repeated superficial wounds.
“...let a rancher in Montana kill a [reintroduced] wolf or grizzly that’s preying on his cattle, it’s a felony and the outcry is deafening...”
There is such a thing as the Triple S Method.
Shoot, Shovel, and Scoot.